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Record: MDI41J11SE00012

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) Regal Lake Occurrence - 1952, A.M. Clark Property - 1978
Related Record Type Simple
Related Record(s)
Record Status Discretionary Occurrence
Date Created 1979-Jan-03
Date Last Modified 2022-Apr-26
Created By
Revised By

Commodities

Primary Commodities: Copper

Secondary Commodities: Iron, Barite



Location

Township or Area: Albanel

Latitude: 46° 36' .5"    Longitude: -83° 4' 39.15"

UTM Zone: 17    Easting: 340881   Northing: 5162827.01    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Sault Ste. Marie

NTS Grid: 41J11SE

Point Location Description: Trench on east side of Regal Lake

Location Method: Based on Assessment

Access Description: 45.4 km north of Iron Bridge on hwy 546 to Midway Rd. and south side Castra Lake 15.1 km by ATV northeast to site southeast side Regal Lake.



Exploration History

1952: Teck Exploration Company Ltd. – mapping. circa 1970: US-CAN-MEX Explorations Ltd. – property acquired, prospecting


Assessment Work on File

Assessment Work on File
Office File Number Online Assessment File Identifier Online Assessment File Directory
ALBANEL 0011 41J11SE0007 41J11SE0007
ALBANEL 0018 41J11SE0005 41J11SE0005

Geology

Province: Southern

Subprovince: Cobalt Basin

Supergroup: Huronian Supergroup

Geological Age: Paleoproterozoic  



Lithology

Lithology Data
Rock Type Rank Composition Texture Relationship
Diabase 1 Diabase Host
Sandstone 2 Arkose Adjacent

Lithology Comments

Apr 25, 2013 (A Wilson) - A 3 m wide shear zone striking N80W and dipping 55º S occurs in red granophyric Nipissing diabase.




Mineralization

Mineralization and Alteration
Rank Mineral Name Class Economic Mineral Type Alteration Mineral Type Alteration Ranking Alteration Intensity Alteration Style
1SpeculariteEconomicOre
2PyriteEconomicOre
3ChalcopyriteEconomicOre
4ChalcociteEconomicOre
5BariteEconomicGangue

Mineralization Comments

Apr 25, 2013 (A Wilson) - K.M. Siemiatkowska (OGS) identified specularite and pyrite with minor amounts of chalcopyrite and chalcocite within a shear zone on the shore of Regal Lake. Barite, quartz and carbonate are present as accessory minerals.



Mineral Record Details

Characteristics
Rank Characteristic            
1 Sheared
2 Vein

References

MonoMap - Geology of the Endikai Lake area, District of Algoma

Publication Number: R178 Page: 65-66  Date: 1978

Author: Siemiatkowska K.M.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

Location:


Publication - Wakomata Lake Map, Algoma District Ontario; Geological Survey of Canada, Summary Report 1926, pt. C

Publication Number: Sum Rpt 1926 C Date: 1927

Author: Emmons, R.C.

Publisher Name: Geological Survey of Canada

Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/102095


Mono - Copper, nickel, lead and zinc deposits of Ontario

Publication Number: MDC012 Page: 111  Date: 1969

Author: Shklanka R.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines

Location:


Book - Sudbury Timmins Algoma Mineral Program, Project 1: mineral inventory of the Sudbury-Timmins-Sault Ste. Marie region, Ontario

Publication Number: GSC OF 1087 Page: 115  Date: 1985

Author: Rose, D. G.

Publisher Name: Geological Survey of Canada

Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/129999


Map - Sault Ste. Marie-Elliot Lake, geological compilation series, Algoma, Manitoulin and Sudbury districts

Publication Number: M2419 Scale: 1:253,440    Date: 1979

Author: Giblin P.E., Leahy E.J.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

Location:


Map - Endikai Lake, Algoma District

Publication Number: M2399 Scale: 1:31,680    Date: 1977

Author: Siemiatkowska K.M.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

Location:


Map - Geological series, Endikai Lake area (eastern half), District of Algoma

Publication Number: P1002 Scale: 1:15,840    Date: 1975

Author: Siemiatkowska K.M., Grunsky E.C., Berger B.R.

Publisher Name: Ontario Division of Mines

Location:


Map - Precambrian Geology Compilation Series - Sault Ste. Marie-Blind River Map Sheet

Publication Number: M2670 Scale: 1:250,000    Date: 2003

Author: Johns G.W., McIlraith S.J., Muir T.L.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

Location:


Article - Lithological and Structural Mapping of Albanel Township, Southern and Superior Provinces

Publication Number: OFR6280.016 Page: 16-1 to 16-11  Date: 2012

Author: Lewis D.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

Location:


Map - Precambrian Geology of Albanel Township, Southern and Superior Province

Publication Number: P3773 Scale: 1:20,000    Date: 2013

Author: Lewis D.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

Location:


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